tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post7352588646654718555..comments2023-10-29T06:22:01.390-07:00Comments on And then...: Odd WordsJudiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00696012505919150270noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-2760991520785747312013-04-19T04:24:19.058-07:002013-04-19T04:24:19.058-07:00In my family we call a double-ended oven glove a &...In my family we call a double-ended oven glove a 'jolly molly' as that was the trade name of the first one my mum ever bought. My younger sibs couldn't sat 'cardigans' so those became 'gollygoes'(that caused raised eyebrows in kindergarten when my niece said she couldn't find her 'golly'!!)<br />If we're sitting or standing doing nothing we are 'sitting like a pot ullet'- a Lancashire expression I think. <br />Here in Ireland a 'thingamajig' is more often just 'a yoke'or 'that yoke'MadelineAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01950064713645507386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-40490820144725521652013-04-18T12:44:24.316-07:002013-04-18T12:44:24.316-07:00LOL!!! My Grandmother says "pocketbook"...LOL!!! My Grandmother says "pocketbook" too!<br />Some of my favs:<br />Pop (soda)<br />Warsher (Washing machine)<br />Thingamagig (could be a person, place, thing)<br />Whatsamacallit (you get to guess the location)<br />For example "Heather, could you hand me the Thingamagig, it's over there on hte Whatsamacallit."<br />- Heather The Evil Twin with Love From the A to Z Challenge @thewinetwins.blogspot.comHeather the Evil Twin @thewinetwins.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739084381823351936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-49399039166431813572013-04-17T17:38:39.813-07:002013-04-17T17:38:39.813-07:00The word that always comes to mind, probably becau...The word that always comes to mind, probably because I used it in my first novel, is abattoir. It sounds a lot darker than it is (my grandfather was a butcher). Apparently most people say slaughterhouse—which always sounds so, so gruesome to me.<br /><br /><a href="http://vrbarkowski.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">VR Barkowski</a>VR Barkowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04927993233682731113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-76151777865589475312013-04-17T17:32:32.165-07:002013-04-17T17:32:32.165-07:00Chifforobe is a new one to me, but the rest aren&#...Chifforobe is a new one to me, but the rest aren't that weird. They call green peppers mangoes in Indiana, which is pretty odd. I know my family has some of these words, but I can't think of one right now. Shell Flowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127004188099765270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-273425031952997662013-04-17T15:31:01.975-07:002013-04-17T15:31:01.975-07:00I don't have any odd words from my family, but...I don't have any odd words from my family, but since I'm Canadian, my American friends think some of the things I say are weird. Like a snow hat is called a tuque and deke which is faking someone out with a move like in hockey.Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-70779766305396655762013-04-17T13:32:54.396-07:002013-04-17T13:32:54.396-07:00We use ottoman, but we use it to mean a large ches...We use ottoman, but we use it to mean a large chest which we can store things in. Language is so interesting!Border-breaking boundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576380734951165455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-64305019102076125312013-04-17T12:55:25.468-07:002013-04-17T12:55:25.468-07:00I don't think your grandmother's words wer...I don't think your grandmother's words were too weird. Most of them were familiar to me. Unfortunately I didn't know any of my grandparents, so I didn't learn any odd words from them. None of my other family members taught me any odd words either Guess we are just boring people in that way. Murees Dupèhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11781339206465690961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-9214817116154697442013-04-17T10:51:43.819-07:002013-04-17T10:51:43.819-07:00We've got words we've picked up from when ...We've got words we've picked up from when I was little and have been adopted by other members of the family, like calling squirrels 'squiggles' because it's a hard word to say when you're three!<br /><br />My husband and I are from different parts of the country and there are certain things we have different names for. Like what I call a packed lunch he calls 'packing up'. Took me a while to start using it myself.Clickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478761820331036869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-4276247410075554832013-04-17T09:43:40.249-07:002013-04-17T09:43:40.249-07:00Oh dear, that would be.Oh dear, that would be.Jaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855191816253362396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-24606954691044966742013-04-17T09:42:17.050-07:002013-04-17T09:42:17.050-07:00My grandma said davenport too. It was a couch.My grandma said davenport too. It was a couch.Jaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855191816253362396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-12584364084161019782013-04-17T09:18:51.224-07:002013-04-17T09:18:51.224-07:00I didn't realize the proper word was pancake u...I didn't realize the proper word was pancake until I went to a restaurant (as an adult, mind you) and asked for a pan-a-cake. I was mortified. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11622191037152999869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-9561199583273983262013-04-17T08:13:16.848-07:002013-04-17T08:13:16.848-07:00My grandma has a few odds words that she uses too....My grandma has a few odds words that she uses too. The most notable is Davenport. I think it means couch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-64657048764473103662013-04-17T07:59:49.446-07:002013-04-17T07:59:49.446-07:00Okay - I'm feeling betterer and betterer.Okay - I'm feeling betterer and betterer.Jaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855191816253362396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-39022216383003353552013-04-17T07:59:30.717-07:002013-04-17T07:59:30.717-07:00That is awesome. I had a girlfriend whose mother w...That is awesome. I had a girlfriend whose mother was from Germany. About every third word was German. Jaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855191816253362396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-85531864322155140052013-04-17T07:56:26.398-07:002013-04-17T07:56:26.398-07:00I'm not alone!!I'm not alone!!Jaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855191816253362396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-12434671808706839772013-04-17T07:33:10.976-07:002013-04-17T07:33:10.976-07:00I've used pocketbook myself. Recently. Sad, bu...I've used pocketbook myself. Recently. Sad, but true. :)Madeline Mora-Summontehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529397293165046430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-29373709079139479902013-04-17T07:11:29.310-07:002013-04-17T07:11:29.310-07:00oh I have alot being from a mountain family. i rem...oh I have alot being from a mountain family. i remember chifferobe, ottoman, brassiere, parlor, and i used to be totally flabberghasted when my mountain grandma told me to clean some "bonny clabber" out of the baby bottle! It wasn't until I grew up and found out that gaelic for spoiled milk is "bainne clabhor"- so i asked her if she knew she was speaking gaelic and she had no clue, it was just something SHE was raised with... I just thought she would be speaking old hillbilly talk, I guess she WAS being all the Scots-Irish blood up there... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078257285348904969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-282437587128562760.post-5380395693515071412013-04-17T07:05:21.376-07:002013-04-17T07:05:21.376-07:00My parents say chifforobe too! :)
My grandma would...My parents say chifforobe too! :)<br />My grandma would say pocketbook for purse. <3Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526192448146446752noreply@blogger.com